It's day five of #8Videos8Days of new Weird Al videos. Today it's one of the originals on the Mandatory Fun album, a jock jam for the 21st century: Sports Song!
Today we have the highly anticipated premiere of Al's Iggy Azalea parody, it's a song dedicated to all those people out there that can take it apart and fix it: Handy!
Just because you haven't heard from 'Weird Al' Yankovic in a while doesn't mean that he's been gone. He's just been biding his time between releases, as per his master plan.
It's almost impossible to stay on topic when interviewing 'Weird Al'. He's a walking encyclopedia of popular culture knowledge and every answer leaves multiple alleyways to explore. Ahead, the topics covered include 'Star Wars,' 'UHF,' Charlie Kaufman, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Springsteen, 'The LEGO' Movie, his is favorite movie of all-time, Joe Piscopo, 'The Naked Gun,' 'Rocky' and a host of other topics that don't have much to do with one another.
On the eve of Weird Al Yankovic’s new album release, the comedic singer shared some of the behind-the-scenes happenings of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and how it so hilariously came together.